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Celtic studies

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Translation of the 'Glenmasan Manuscript', Late 19th or early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/3/1/19
Scope and Contents

Titled 'The Glenmasan Manuscript', this appears to be a translation into English of the introduction to the text of 'The Story of Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach'. The story is found in the Glenmasan Manuscript in the National Library of Scotland, NLS.72.2.3

Dates: Late 19th or early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Mackinnon's own notes and research material / Literature

Untitled [summary of content: learning of the old Gauls], Late 19th or early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/33
Scope and Contents

This appears to be a script delivered by Mackinnon, discussing his understanding of Gaulish people and their beliefs. The lecture is not titled, and there is no indication of when it may have been delivered.

Dates: Late 19th or early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Lecture notes / University lectures

W. F. Skene and his work, 1889

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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/36
Scope and Contents

Script for a lecture on Skene, delivered by Mackinnon on two occasions: 7 June (?)1889 and 29 August 1892. There are some cuttings from a newspaper, held with the notebook by a modern paperclip

Dates: 1889
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Lecture notes / University lectures

'Work of class [students in Celtic at the University of Edinburgh]', 1883

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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/5
Scope and Contents

This notebook contains an address or lecture to student of Celtic at the University of Edinburgh, which was presented on 12 November 1883.



Previous reference

Mackinnon B.34

Dates: 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Lecture notes / University lectures